by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Mary Swan-Bell Lily, my five-year-old whirlwind, loves to hone her fashion designing skills. Unfortunately, sometimes her materials of choice leave something to be desired. Let me be more specific: Two of her favorite textiles are tissues and plastic...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Parenting
1. Tell your kids you love them every day. 2. Keep your kids ready for school by encouraging them to read regularly during the summer. 3. If they’re old enough to ask, they’re old enough to know. 4. When it comes to the tough stuff, inform your kids before...
by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Our 21-year old daughter is moving to Long Island for the summer. On the one hand, we think she’s crazy to spend every drop of her money to live in the most expensive place in New York for three months. On the other hand,...
by Shadra Bruce | Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce One little S. That’s all you have to add to “mothering” to make it “smothering.” The “s”mother is a close cousin of the helicopter parent. But what do you do when you’re not the smotherer?...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance
Getting Real With Kathy Winn Stop The Presses!! Paula Deen ate a cheeseburger. On a cruise. A woman with diabetes is eating poorly on a cruise ship. It’s unbelievable! My response? Who cares. Having grown up with a loved one who was diagnosed with Diabetes at an early...
